Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition"Pentikäinen's exceptional interdisciplinary study will richly reward those interested in the dynamics of artistic creation and cultural construction, ethnic emergence and political nationalism, and shamanistic belief systems." --American Anthropologist "... a splendid contribution to the literature on folk epics... " --The Scandinavian-American Bulletin The Kalevala, created during the 1830s and 1840s, is based on authentic folklore collected and compiled by Elias Lonnrot. It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the nineteenth century and was, therefore, one of the crucial factors in the formation of Finland as a new nation in the twentieth century. |
Contents
Lönnrot as a Mythologist | 3 |
World View and Mythological Basis of the Kalevala | 11 |
The Cultural Atmosphere in Finland in the Early | 17 |
Early Criticism in Finland | 23 |
CHAPTER 3 | 29 |
The Lemminkäinen Series | 35 |
A Female Metamorphosis | 43 |
CHAPTER 4 | 68 |
CHAPTER 7 | 131 |
CHAPTER 8 | 153 |
An Ancient Finnish Olympus or the Kingdom | 159 |
Primordial Father Descended from the Heavens | 166 |
CHAPTER 9 | 177 |
The Shamans Celestial Journey | 196 |
CHAPTER 11 | 221 |
The Emergence of Finnish Identity under Russian Rule | 227 |
Paganism versus Finnish | 75 |
CHAPTER 5 | 83 |
Ancient Cultural Contacts along the Silk Road | 91 |
CHAPTER 6 | 97 |
How Does One Become a Rune Singer? | 104 |
The Significance of the Runes for the Singers | 112 |
The Region of Epical Rune Singing | 120 |
CHAPTER 12 | 234 |
APPENDIXES | 257 |
Notes | 269 |
Bibliography | 283 |
Index | 291 |
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